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Portage Actor to Perform in Tellin' Tales Theatre presents Six Stories Up at the Zoo
Nadia Stodder is one of Six Adult Mentors Who Helped Write and Perform in the Musical that Runs Weekends Nov. 14-23 in Chicago
Six middle school students visit the Wienerbury Zoo, a sanctuary for animals with differences: a dwarf giraffe, a vegan lion and a wolf who can’t howl among others. When they find out the zoo is closing because of federal funding cuts they must find a way to keep it open.
This lively show features original script, songs and score, innovative choreography and fanciful masks. Tellin' Tales Theatre presents Six Stories Up At The Zoo is the result of an annual mentoring program between middle school students with and without disabilities and adult theater mentors now in its 28th year.
Nadia Stodder of Portage, Indiana is one of the mentors for Six Stories Up at the Zoo. She worked with apprentice Hannah Lewis on writing their portion of the show, bringing in their personal experiences with "differences." Lewis is an eighth grader at Metropolitan Schoolhouse in Chicago.
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The show runs weekends November 14, 15, 16 and 21, 22, 23. Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm and Sundays at 2pm at Filament Theater, 4041 N. Milwaukee in Chicago. Sign language interpretation and audio description available on Sunday, November 16. General admission is $20 plus ticket fee; students/people with disabilities is $10 plus fee and a Family ticket is $45 plus fee.
For more information and to order tickets, visit www.tellintales.org
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About Six Stories Up
Six Stories Up at the Zoo is the final product of an annual mentoring program developed by Tellin' Tales Theatre, now in its twenty-eighth year. In August, storytellers were paired with middle school students with and without disabilities. Each team was given the mission to write a scene about how their personal difference relates to that of one of the animals. In September, mentors and their apprentices came together to share their scenes. Tekki Lomnicki and Steve Donart then linked the six vignettes and drafted a final script. All participants will perform Six Stories up at the Zoo under the direction of Artistic Director Tekki Lomnicki, assisted by Marlana Carlson.